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Copperhead (politics)

In the 1860s, the Peace Democrats, also known as Copperheads, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the North who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started labeling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads" after the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a species of venomous…

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Founded
1860 (1860)
Dissolved
1868 (1868)
Historical leaders
Clement Vallandigham Alexander Long
Ideology
Anti-abolitionism Anti-Civil War Jacksonianism
National affiliation
Democratic Party

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Copperhead resistance

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Triples14
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
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Copperhead (politics)

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Dissolved · 1
Copperhead (politics) → 1868 (1868)
Founded · 1
Copperhead (politics) → 1860 (1860)
Historical leaders · 1
Copperhead (politics) → Clement Vallandigham Alexander Long
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Copperhead (politics) → Anti-abolitionism Anti-Civil War Jacksonianism
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Copperhead (politics) → Democratic Party

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copperheads war indiana copperhead union ohio democrats civil democratic 1864 new lincoln party illinois peace north republican george history klement

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Copperhead (politics)Dissolved1868 (1868)1.00infobox
Copperhead (politics)Founded1860 (1860)1.00infobox
Copperhead (politics)Historical leadersClement Vallandigham Alexander Long1.00infobox
Copperhead (politics)IdeologyAnti-abolitionism Anti-Civil War Jacksonianism1.00infobox
Copperhead (politics)National affiliationDemocratic Party1.00infobox
Wood Grayinstance ofbut more in the central and northwestern portions of the state.Historians0.80text
Jennifer Weberinstance ofbut more in the central and northwestern portions of the state.Historians0.80text
and Kenneth Minstance ofbut more in the central and northwestern portions of the state.Historians0.80text
Grayinstance ofHistorians0.80text
Weber argue that the Copperheads were inflexibly rooted in the pastinstance ofHistorians0.80text
were naive about the refusal of the Confederates to return to the Unioninstance ofHistorians0.80text
Parisinstance ofand Union soldiers in Illinois towns0.80text

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